This fifth edition of the book series Landscape Architecture Europe shows and reflects on 48 contemporary projects, selected by a practitioners’ jury out of over 200 entries from all over Europe.
The selected projects are groundbreaking: some for their innovative ways of tackling sustainability, others for their political stance concerning concepts such as nature and democracy.

This richly illustrated book offers thought-provoking texts in support of three landscape architectural approaches to the challenges of the 21st century: to care for people, places and what is
already there, to create urban landscapes of new kinds, and to act and move the course of things.

Dutch landscape architects, urban planners and urban designers are gaining growing influence in discussions on pressing issues such as climate change and the energy transition, as well as on
housing matters and urban renewal. They are able to combine expertise in guiding complex, long-term developments with inspiring design studies and gems of artistry and workmanship.

This Yearbook reviews the state of the art in Dutch landscape and urban design in 2018. In addition to showcasing twenty exemplary projects, the book includes a review of the selection
committee’s choices, an essay on urban design and recent heritage, an interview with the maverick Eindhoven housing corporation director Thom Aussems, and a photo reportage on what threatens to
become a new challenge for landscape architecture and urban design: the severe drought of 2018.

Blauwe Kamer Yearbook Landscape architecture and Urban Design 2018 received financial support from Creative Industries Fund NL, Chief Government Architect and Advisors and the NHBOS
foundation.

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Waterloopbos / Deltawerk// – A monumental work of art in a magical forest

Text

Frans Bosscher

Photography

Jeroen Bosch

Archief Deltares

NL/ENG, Softcover with dust jacket, 17x22 cm, 32 pages, full colour

ISBN 9789492474360

October 2018

The Waterloopbos, a wood on the edge of the Noordoostpolder in the Netherlands, has an interesting history. From 1954 to 1996 it was home to the Hydraulics Laboratory where scale models were
constructed for national and international research on coastal management, watercourses and harbours. After its closure, nature took over – taking advantage of the unusual ecological conditions.
In 2002 the land was transferred to Natuurmonumenten, a conservation organisation that restored the water system and made the area accessible again. In 2016 the woods were declared a national
monument because of their unique cultural heritage.

A new highpoint in the woods’ story is the transformation of the Delta Flume. The designers RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon transformed this icon of hydraulics research into a monumental work of
art, entitled Deltawerk //. And the idea is that here too nature will continue to take its course

/ Where can you find a river landscape, an area of hills and a valley so close to each other – and with such a wealth of natural diversity? Instagrammers can be spotted all year round shooting
and posting Wageningen’s rich and varied landscapes using #outdoorwageningen. Grass snakes, long-eared owls, panoramas, vistas, spectacular high water levels – this little book captures some of
these beautiful and exceptional moments.

SVEN-INGVAR'S GARDEN – And other essays on the oeuvre of landscape architect Sven-Ingvar Andersson

Text

Lodewijk Wiegersma

ENG, Paperback with dust-jacket, 21X30 cm, 80 pagina’s, full colour

ISBN 978949247322

April 2018

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Sven-Ingvar’s Garden - and other essays on the oeuvre of landscape architect Sven-Ingvar Andersson offers a personal view on the work of this renowned Swedish landscape architect (1927-2007). Due
to Andersson’s poetic designs for public spaces in Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris the Scandinavian garden and landscape architecture gained more and more international success. Lodewijk Wiegersma
reviews these squares and parks as well as Andersson’s finest works in Sweden and Denmark, such as Brunnpark and Sophienholm. The inspiring private garden of Sven-Ingvar is part of the story, as
well as a dialogue between Wiegersma and this remarkable architect.

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The Room for the River programme has made the Dutch river landscape fit for the demands of the changing climate. The floodplains are not only safer, but under the ‘spatial quality’ objective they
have also been made more attractive. More than thirty projects were completed within a period of just a few years.

The enormous operation that was Room for the River has now been recorded in a richly illustrated book: ROOM FOR THE RIVER – A SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPE. The three Government Advisors on
Landscape involved in the programme, Dirk Sijmons, Yttje Feddes and Eric Luiten, explain why the operation has been so successful and was completed on time and within budget. In an extensive
introduction, Fred Feddes describes how the Dutch water management community and the Dutch public came to the point where they were ready to embrace this unique approach, which unites
engineering, architecture and nature. Photographer and landscape architect Jeroen Bosch has recorded all the locations in photographs that perfectly capture the quality of the designs.

YEARBOOK LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS 2017

Editors

Martine Bakker, Marieke Berkers, Rob van der Bijl,

Mark Hendriks (editor in chief), Marc Nolden, Anne Seghers

Selection committee

Florian Boer, Patrick McCabe, Joks Janssen (chairman),

Hanneke Kijne, Anne Seghers

Paperback, full colour

Bilangual Dutch / English

ISBN 978-9492-474-940, NUR 648

December 2017

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Dutch landscape architects and urban planners are tackling major issues of the day, such as climate change and urban renewal, and yet they continue to design and deliver pleasing and attractive
public spaces. The Yearbook of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design in the Netherlands presents 19 outstanding projects that reflect the current state of affairs.

Lavishly illustrated, the Yearbook contains clear descriptions of the selected projects, a report on the selection committee’s considerations, an essay on meeting the acute housing needs in the
Netherlands, an interview with urban designer Edzo Bindels of West 8, and a photo reportage on rural dereliction.

The press about previous yearbooks

My compliments on the concise texts that get right to the heart of the design approach. The attractive illustrations make the reader wish they’d been on the jury’s bus trip.

Excellent reference work and up to date too. All in all an absolute must-have.

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The quality of public space is the backbone of a sustainable city. Great streets, places where you intuitively want to stay longer, interaction between buildings and streets on a human scale,
ownership by users, placemaking and good plinths (active ground floors) and a people-centred approach based on the user’s experience – that’s what The City at Eye Level is all about.

It’s a book, an open-source learning network and a programme for improving cities, streets and places all over the world.

This edition focuses on recent examples in the Netherlands. This book consists of close to 40 stories.

It was written in cooperation with cities, developers and other practitioners.

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